William kent



W. KENT.

BED LOUNGE.

(No Model.)

No. 247,255. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

WITNESSES 0% 'W, W

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM KENT, OF SAIW FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 247,255, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed June 29, 1881.

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM KENT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed- Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby the adjustable part of the bolster or head-rest is connected to and folded upon that portion of a bed-lounge known as the extension or seat without reference to the body of the lounge. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view. sectional side view,

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

To the faces of longitudinal frame-pieces A A of the extension or folding-seat I attach two inclined supports, B B. The upper ends of these supports extend above the frame and are beveled, as shown. To these supports is connected the bolster C by straps or hinges D D,

Fig. 2 is a so that it maybe folded down upon the extension and hidden from view when the lounge is not in use as a bed. The lower ends ofthe bolster-frame are also beveled, so that when the bolster is in position these beveled ends will fit the beveled ends of the supports B B.

Back of the bolster-frame, near the lower end of the side pieces, I attach wedge-shaped lugs (No model.)

E E, the lower ends of which are beveled, so that when the head-restis in position the lower end of these lugs will rest upon the corner posts, H, of the extension-frame of the lounge and receive the weight brought to bear upon the bolster upon their beveled ends I, while the ends of the supports B B will enter the notch F, formed by the junction of the beveled lugs with the side pieces of the frame, to which they are connected, and thus provide a strong support for the head-rest or bolster. It will thus be seen that this portion of the bolster is entirely disconnected from that of the main frame of the lounge, and that the latter is permanently fixed to the main frame or body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The independent bolster-frame or head-rest having beveled ends and connected to inclined supports B B, also having beveled ends, and the wedge-shaped lugs provided with beveled ends, so as to form notches F F, to receive the ends of the inclined supports B B, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially in the manner as herein set forth and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing .I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of June, 1881.

WILLIAM KENT. IL. 8.] Witnesses:

G. W. M. SMITH, Guns. E. KELLY. 

